Stepping from traditional to integrative medicine: Perspectives of Israeli-Arab patients on complementary medicine's role in cancer care

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 476-480

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,b   Massalha, E ^b   Bar Sela, G ^c   Silbermann, M ^d   Agbarya, A ^a,c   Saad, B ^e,f   Lev, E ^g   Schiff, E ^h,i  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Clalit Health Services ^*  (Israel)

^d Middle East Cancer Consortium   (Israel)

^e Al Qasemi Academic College of Education   (Israel)

^f ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^h BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ Law and Ethics   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Cross cultural medicine; Doctor patient communication; Integrative medicine; Quality of life; Traditional Arab medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CONSULTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ARABS; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84893356286     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt554     Document Type: Article

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